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Bellamou Messaoud
Messaoud Bellemou ( ar, مسعود بلمو) is an Algerian musician and one of the most influential performers of modern raï music. He is considered by some people like one of the fathers of Modern Raï Music. Messaoud began his career playing the trumpet but soon became known for adding foreign instruments like the saxophone, violin, and accordion to the genre. He worked during the 1970s with different raï singers of his generation like Boutaïaba Sghir, Boussouar El Maghnaoui, Bouteldja Belkacem. In 1980s the term pop-raï has been used to describe the new generation of and (from the Arabic language, Arabic for "young") introducing new instruments, and together with Belkacem Bouteldja released one of the first records of the new genre. References Living people Raï musicians Algerian trumpeters 1947 births 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century male musicians 21st-century Algerian musicians 20th-century trumpeters 20th-century male musicians 20th-century Algerian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aïn Témouchent
Aïn Témouchent ( ar, عين تموشنت) is a city in north western Algeria, it is the capital of Aïn Témouchent Province. Ain Temouchent is located 72 km south-west of Oran, a city with which it is closely associated, and 63 km west of Sidi Bel Abbes. Known as "la Florissante", it is set in a narrow fertile basaltic valley amid vineyards and orchards. History The town was founded in 1851 by Spanish immigrants, who built on what had been the site of Roman Albulae Albulae is an ancient city and former bishopric in Roman Africa. It remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It is identified with the modern town of Ain Temouchent, in present Algeria, near the Moroccan border. History Albulae was ... and Arab Ksar ibn Senar. Population over time Gallery References Communes of Aïn Témouchent Province Province seats of Algeria Populated places established in 1851 {{AïnTémouchent-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |